News Health & Medicine A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer The new findings might one day help in the development of vaccines against CWD Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological illness in deer. A detailed look at the protein responsible may offer clues as to why it hasn’t leapt to people. Michael Cummings/Moment/Getty Images Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Erin Garcia de Jesús November 12, 2024 at 9:00 am The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist.